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Thank you for a well explained tutorial. I found it very helpful

Thanks for the useful info Mark. Quick Develop is something that I dont use but will now give it a go

I use one preset and change the amount every time. Nice solution to that. I found that using the exposure slider gets me less "natural" results than using the 4 other sliders (highlights, shadows, whites and blacks). I set them all to the same level (-40 for example) and find the result much more pleasing. Thank you for a great video!

Thank you Mark …as usual very well explained and demonstrated . The benefit of being able to preview the effect by rolling over the presets is indeed useful . Thank you for supplying the presets for free and the work along download images . This video works very well alongside your others that go into masks in more detail …which are great .

Who's a clever boy. That was the easiest download ever. I tried it within seconds on some flower images excellent results.

I thought I knew all about B&W, but I learned quite a few valuable tips. Great video, thanks, you've got a(nother) new follower!

I love it, what a treat. thank you ever so much.

nice one, thank you

I really like your tutorials Mark. They are easy to follow, very informative and I always learn something new. Off to try out this technique. Thank you.

Thanks a lot Mark, this is really a game changer to be able to do this in LightRoom

EXCELLENT tutorial Mark …extremely well explained and demonstrated and has given me a lot more confidence colour painting in LR.

Thank you for this tutorial Mark. As pre usual easy to follow along with on the images you provided. Maybe it is because I have been following your YT’s for a good long while now on a work along basis that I find that I have built up a good retained knowledge of LR . As you know ..I very very rarely process in black and white . I too though have followed your lead of moving the calibration to the same position in the develop process …using it in this bnw showed it’s power as compared to saturation .

You are giving me hope with my editing. Cheers.

Well I learnt alot here. Tone curve rocks now 😆 Many thanks

The problem with this method in practice is that it won't survive even the smallest modifications/compressions. I mean, you can pretty much apply some color filter by 0.001 percent, the image would look identical, but the watermark won't work. Uploading it to most websites would make the watermark ineffective. Good starting point though, this seems like a creative way to do it.

Hi, for the Cragside picture, you use the escape key, what does that do compared to Ctrl X?

I’m really enjoying your videos Mark, a great refresher since it’s been years since I’ve used LR/PS (albeit old versions), plus I’ve never been particularly great at it. Learning lots, thank you

I lived silver Efex, and I loved it, but it’s on my old desktop which has just died ☹️☹️☹️

Thank you 😊 Can you post the link or how you change the selection from red to pink please. I too, like your dad, like red dresses 🤣

Very useful. This will save me a lot of fiddling with the curve! Thanks Mark.

Thanks again Mark, I’m working my way through your videos. A great refresher and I’m already learning things I didn’t know. What’s even more interesting is that you are using local landmarks and local places I’ve visited 😁

Thanks for this Mark. Any chance of doing a video on how to upload photos to LR or PS without having them up in the cloud? And how to edit them keeping them on your hard drive?

Yes, this is veru usefull tip, not mentioned from other authors and tuts about masking. 👌

Thank you a million❤❤

Great info here! Adobe's published Order of Develop Options workflow is 1) Denoising, 2) Healing/Spot Remove tools, 3) Lens Profile Corrections, 4) Profiles, 5) Global Adjustments [all normal edits to the photo from the edit modules], and lastly 6) Local Adjustments [masks, brushes]. So it makes sense that if you go out of order and do a Spot Heal (Step 2) on top of a Local Adjustment mask (Step 6), it will throw a flag. While the software needs to recalculate the AI mask for the newly added Spot Heal brush, performance is also improved by sticking to the workflow.

Thank you! Quite frankly I’ve seen this red dot and never knew what meant. Mystery solved

Brilliant, thanks. An annoyingly simple cure for what could be a big irritant, not know what the red dot meant.

Thank you for another well explained and demonstrated video Mark. One thing I would like Adobe to do is to name the masks with the component right from the off rather than having to click the mask to see what the name of it is . Having watched and worked along with your previous YTs this one today is one that tells me ..yep ..I know about the masking and intersecting . Getting down to the detail demonstrates instances where it could be used more often . A thing that I noted was that on the 3rd image at the level of working at we can see the studio and the photographer reflected I here eyes ….that wouldn’t be visible at alternate viewing distances / image sizes . Would you ever work to remove the reflections ? Thanks

Really interesting method Mark 👌

Another great video Mark thanks 👍

thank you

It means you have entered Leica mode. 😀

Great technique, thanks

Thanks for this video.

Nice and clear tutorial Mark 👌

Thanks I've seen the red dot but I had no idea what it meant

Even easier, one can update the AI mask by using a key stroke shortcut. On a PC, it is Control-Alt-U. There is no need to return to the masking area. (Probably similar on a Mac by using the appropriate key strokes)

Thank you... I have never noticed the 'red dot' before... what I did notice was that I could not use the healing brush or clone stamp in an area where I have used a mask??? but I am going to give this a try 🙂 P.S. I really do like the shorter TH-cams that quickly get to the point 😊

Thanks Mark, I've not had the red dot appear before, but I didn't know about the Update Mask option. I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm gonna subscribe, even if the algorithm was screwed by a supposedly short video. In fact, I prefer the short 5 mins tips & tricks videos, there is no need for bulking out a video to 10 mins just because.

I am very frustrated because my lightroom interface doesn’t show. all those clever options also for importting. And Lightroom cannot handle my Leica DNGs ! useless!

Very clear and understandable ................. but - could you not just ignore the red dot and be content with the photo as it were before you updated the masks ? To me it seemed perfectly fine :-) Might be showing off my ignorance here, but if I am content with the situation, why should I let myself be dictated by Lightroom software ?

Thanks Mark...fortunately I fall in to the camp of those who have already fallen foul of the red dot and haven't had it for good long while. A white dot also appears after selecting create mask and then doing something eg linear gradient . The white dot turning red when there is an ooopsy . All too easy to miss the red dot cos it is teeny tiny

Thank you Mark. Another great YT clearly explained and demonstrated. It was good to again go over the use of masks ‘ multiple mask together with the likes of intersect , density, subtract/add, feather and so on. Also …as particularly shown in the last image …great demonstration of your trick for accurate selections . I worked along with your provided images and it all worked for me.

another great video Mark!

Wow - that opened my eyes to some real possibilities. Thanks Mark!!

Great video. It is fantastic to compare an equalizer. That made a lot of sense with having a lot of points. Working without moving the whole curve. Thank you.

Thank you for this video demonstrating the power of subtract and invert to improve selections using the masks in LR or PS ACR . I downloaded the images and worked on them following the steps in your tutorial. I paid particular attention to the actual mask you selected when subtracting / inverting using the access on the right hand side rather than the universal invert at the bottom Certainly worked for me 👍👍👍

Another great tutorial Mark, thankyou, John

Great video Mark. Love how you give us access to the sample pics so we can press pause and try the techniques out for ourselves. Far better than just watching someone do it on screen. Keep up the good work.

Very clear explanation, Mark ❤❤.